On­line Learn­ing 3: Ad­ver­sar­ial ban­dit learn­ing with catastrophes

RyanCareyNov 14, 2016, 10:58 PM
3 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Maine passes Ranked Choice Voting

morganismNov 14, 2016, 8:07 PM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(ballotpedia.org)

Open thread, Nov. 14 - Nov. 20, 2016

MrMindNov 14, 2016, 7:51 AM
6 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion is vi­o­lent by nature

Djini_HendrixNov 14, 2016, 6:36 AM
−32 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

VARIABILITY OF NUCLEAR DECAY RATES

morganismNov 13, 2016, 11:57 PM
1 point
4 comments2 min readLW link

Embed, en­code, at­tend, pre­dict: The new deep learn­ing for­mula for state-of-the-art NLP models

morganismNov 12, 2016, 9:33 PM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(explosion.ai)

How did ex­per­i­ments with lu­cid dream­ing pan out?

listicNov 12, 2016, 8:40 PM
8 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Match­ing dona­tion fundraisers can be harm­fully dishon­est.

BenquoNov 11, 2016, 9:05 PM
18 points
6 comments14 min readLW link

The Devel­op­men­tal Role of Play

Gordon Seidoh WorleyNov 11, 2016, 7:41 PM
12 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

On Try­ing Not To Be Wrong

sarahconstantinNov 11, 2016, 7:25 PM
31 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekNov 11, 2016, 6:47 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Group Debugging

rocurleyNov 11, 2016, 5:04 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Nov 11, 2016, 1:43 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Yud­kowsky vs Trump: the nu­clear show­down.

MrMindNov 11, 2016, 11:30 AM
27 points
162 comments2 min readLW link

Ma­jor Life Course Change: Mak­ing Poli­tics Less Irrational

Gleb_TsipurskyNov 11, 2016, 3:30 AM
−7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.facebook.com)

Authen­tic­ity vs. fac­tual accuracy

philhNov 10, 2016, 10:24 PM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Psy­cholog­i­cal skills

arunbharatulaNov 10, 2016, 10:02 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(blogs.unimelb.edu.au)

Did so­cial de­sir­a­bil­ity effects mask Trump’s true sup­port?

katydeeNov 10, 2016, 9:56 AM
8 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(themiddleofthatzone.wordpress.com)

Meetup : Moscow so­cial meetup: Party games!

Alexander230Nov 9, 2016, 8:41 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

This is the way the world… is

Jacob FalkovichNov 9, 2016, 5:32 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Meetup : Meetup #6 - Still Am­s­ter­dam!

nullNov 8, 2016, 6:02 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Rais­ing the san­ity wa­ter­line in politics

Gleb_TsipurskyNov 8, 2016, 4:10 PM
−17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(link.rm0002.net)

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Gardening

RobinZNov 8, 2016, 2:45 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Day After Tomorrow

Jacob FalkovichNov 7, 2016, 11:47 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

FHI is ac­cept­ing ap­pli­ca­tions for in­tern­ships in the area of AI Safety and Re­in­force­ment Learning

crmflynnNov 7, 2016, 4:33 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.fhi.ox.ac.uk)

Men­tal Habits are Procedural

lifelonglearnerNov 7, 2016, 2:53 PM
14 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Open thread, Nov. 7 - Nov. 13, 2016

MrMindNov 7, 2016, 8:01 AM
9 points
120 comments1 min readLW link

The New Lit­tle Ice Age Has Started (2016)

morganismNov 6, 2016, 10:49 PM
−7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(watchers.news)

postCDT: De­ci­sion The­ory us­ing post-se­lected Bayes nets

Scott GarrabrantNov 6, 2016, 10:22 PM
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

What do you ac­tu­ally do to re­plen­ish your willpower?

SableNov 6, 2016, 12:05 AM
5 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Slaves to fash­ion signaling

KatjaGraceNov 5, 2016, 9:45 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Year 1 Re­dux – Friends and Rationalists

Jacob FalkovichNov 5, 2016, 4:30 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Any­one else read­ing “Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: A Modern Ap­proach”?

fowlertmNov 5, 2016, 3:22 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Pyra­mid And The Garden

Scott AlexanderNov 5, 2016, 6:03 AM
58 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Up­date­less­ness and Son of X

Scott GarrabrantNov 4, 2016, 10:58 PM
29 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

New LW Meetup: Amsterdam

FrankAdamekNov 4, 2016, 3:55 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Projects

rocurleyNov 4, 2016, 5:48 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Austin Meetup

math_vikingNov 4, 2016, 5:32 AM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZNov 4, 2016, 12:49 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Nov 3, 2016, 11:56 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Costs are not benefits

philhNov 3, 2016, 9:32 PM
8 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Crony Beliefs

plexNov 3, 2016, 8:54 PM
22 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(www.meltingasphalt.com)

A failed at­tempt at Up­date­less­ness us­ing Univer­sal Inductors

Scott GarrabrantNov 3, 2016, 8:25 PM
7 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Re­but­tal piece by Stu­art Rus­sell and FHI Re­search As­so­ci­ate Allan Dafoe: “Yes, the ex­perts are wor­ried about the ex­is­ten­tial risk of ar­tifi­cial in­tel­li­gence.”

crmflynnNov 3, 2016, 5:54 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.technologyreview.com)

Vot­ing is like donat­ing hun­dreds of thou­sands to charity

Gleb_TsipurskyNov 2, 2016, 9:22 PM
−6 points
45 comments1 min readLW link
(time.com)

Year 1 Re­dux – Poseur

Jacob FalkovichNov 2, 2016, 7:19 AM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Meetup : Con­flicted Brains & Com­pet­ing Goals: The Non-Uni­tary Self

ChriswaterguyNov 2, 2016, 6:27 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Novem­ber 2016 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisNov 1, 2016, 11:40 PM
4 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meetup

TukNov 1, 2016, 9:30 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day (IX), 3pm

steven0461Nov 1, 2016, 3:40 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link